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Popular Indian art : Raja Ravi Varma and the printed gods of India / Erwin Neumayer, Christine Schelberger.

Title
Popular Indian art : Raja Ravi Varma and the printed gods of India / Erwin Neumayer, Christine Schelberger.
Author
Neumayer, Erwin.
Publication
New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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  • Ravi Varma, 1848-1906.
  • Schelberger, Christine.
Description
175 p. : col. ill.; 30 cm.
Summary
This book introduces the reader to modern Indian Hindu iconography. Well annotated and with a large number of rare oleographs, it will appeal to art historians and those interested in popular Indian culture.
Subject
  • Art, Indic > 19th century > Exhibitions
  • Idols and images > India > Exhibitions
  • Painting, Indic > 19th century > Exhibitions
  • Ravi Varma, 1848-1906 > Art patronage > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Exhibition catalogs.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. The Magic Stone -- 2. The Printed Gods of India -- 3. Raja Ravi Varma -- 4. The Industrialization of Gods -- 5. Printing for Independence -- 6. The Beauty and the Censor -- 7. Matchsticks, Fireworks, and Icons.
ISBN
0195658728
LCCN
^^2003334757
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library